Oh interesting.....

I think it could be Bruce 

Which one is Bruce?

 

 

From Corrie, could be one of the Americas thinking about it 

Oooo curious

I thin k I know which one you mean.

some one said it might be Doug Bunny!!!

 It was probably potty mouthed girl 

Lauren?

Dear Lord! When will whoever it is, learn to put brain into gear before opening one's mouth..

 

Could be racist Ron.

I had to check the list  Charlotte the girl from the show Geordie shore 

I doubt he would do that again 

One would hope not.

Ron was my first thought.Did he get chucked out of I'm a c'leb for that?

Think he said something on air while commentating about a footballer when he thought his mic was off and was sacked 

Carole gets the warning for telling someone what Ron said and using the word he used when telling the person why Ron is persona non grata.. she wasn't being racist at all just explaining why Ron got sacked and what he'd said...  Ok maybe she should have said he used the N word instead of saying it in full but still.. OTT BB a bit or what?

Way over the top, they bleeped out her saying the N word but then said it out aloud in the DR  she wasn't being racist to anyone she was repeating a comment

Exactly she was educating that person about what happens if you ARE racist and what was said  . .  BB really are ridiculous sometimes

 

The remarks, made when viewers in Britain were watching post-match analysis of the Monaco v Chelsea Champions League semi-final first leg match, were broadcast in several places in the Middle East, including Dubai and Egypt. 

 

Referring to the underwhelming performance of the French defender, Atkinson said: "He's what is known in some schools as a ******* lazy thick ******." Atkinson's conversation was picked up by microphones that should have been switched off once the broadcast from the stadium had concluded.

 

The Guardian  Thursday 22 April 2004

Even as a Grauniad reader, I thought at the time it was rather overdone. We didn't hear the broadcast live in this country. Someone went out of their way to be offended. He was quoting the industry and TBH he was the first manager to push for black players! A case of "Do as I do, and not as I say!"

It was ridiculous, I've a good mind to complain about whoever was the voice of BB using that word. 

 

As I said at the time of broadcast, I was surprised that they bleeped one occurrence, but then left the second usage by BB in the diary room unaffected and broadcast. Inconsistent and not really acceptable given that they had time to  review and edit what would be broadcast. If you do complain Cinds I can understand why.

 

They had no need to show it in the first place, don't think it was shown on LF and the conversation was just between Carol and Louie so there was nobody there to get offended, can't see Louie would have complained as she wasn't calling anyone just repeating a comment

I wasn't serious about complaining, just really trying to make the point that if they were going to give Carol a warning about repeating a comment that is deemed as unacceptable language then surely it is unacceptable for them to repeat it.

They could have edited it out. Instead Carol got a warning for a ridiculous reason and BB have brought up something Ron paid the price for a long time ago, and some viewers wouldn't have known about it anyway, until now.

You're right YR, I didn't know about it. It may be that BB wanted ta make sure all the viewers knew about it.

Well this time they got their HM warning right. .I don't care how old he is and what times he came from he should grow with the times not stay in the land of Life On Mars...

 

When I first heard him say what he did I was like blimey, just cos she's Irish don't mean they all carry bombs. . that dates back from being in London thru all the IRA bomb stuff and younger ones may not relate to that but, that was a generalisation from some ignorant people in society back then and was my first thought about what he was referring to..  then I realised he was alluding to the 'headscarf' and his comment was a generalisation about Muslins. .  I was thinking crikey what a major pratt who has not grown with the times at all.. .. both generalisations are just as bad as each other..

 

What annoyed me is he couldn't see why making such generalisations was offensive.. .didn't he listen to the news when cops in london made a generalisation about a person who looked a certain way  and chased said person to the tube and pumped a shotgun full of bullets into said persons head. .said person was an innocent. . people just don't learn.. or don't want to learn or change..  

That's a bit of a jump isn't it?

sorry I don't get what you mean GJ... .. . and I don't see what is so funny at all !

 

all I was saying was when he mentioned 'you're not carrying any bombs are you' I didn't connect the 'headscarf' to what he was saying until she said eh? and he mentioned it was that that made him mention bombs...  I originally had thought blimey why would anyone say that to an Irish person? I explained why in my post, for younger people who may not have been around all those yrs of IRA bombs going off and the same prejudice, by ignoramuses like Ron, was that back then that any one with an Irish accent must be carrying a bomb thing.. All I saw was a woman with a jumper on her head cos it was raining.. I presumed she didn't want to get her hair wet.. Ron presumed that someone who wears a headscarf may be carrying a bomb. .

 

ie my point is that there are some narrow minded bigots out there that make presumptions based on looks or accent like the guy shot by cops on the tube because of the way he looked as he was presumed to be a 'terrorist', if those sort of people are not stopped from spreading their bigoted ways and thoughts  around  things like that will continue to happen. .  it has to start being stopped somewhere.. so no not a major leap just a comment about how it can start and where it can end up if not stopped in the early stages of someone becoming a bigot.. ..

 

 

I think you'll have to accept that a lot of his generation and background see that as humour, and that attitude will die with them. (Hopefully) You won't change 'em. As long as he doesn't start marching with deluded arschlochs like UKIP, BNP, and EDL I can forgive him. If you are referring to the Brazilian who was assassinated on the tube that was down to amateurish communication between various law enforcement agencies.

GJ I do know that people of his age have that sort of attitude but I also know people of his age that had that attitude once but left it behind when they grew up so, no I won't accept it from him or anyone else regardless of age. . that is how it is perpetuated, they pass it to their kids who pass it to theirs..  someone needs to stop it at the top .. Ron needs to toddle off to some corner and never grace media land again. . he clearly never learnt his lesson..    

 

Probably! I know some on here regard me as both snobby and cynical however ......... If BFR had been knocking on the doors of CBB year after year to enter the house and inflict upon us his backward ideology I would also think it disgraceful. Yet I can't help but think that whoever is responsible for the programme was banging on his door in the hope that he would inflict upon us his backward ideology in the hope of getting some publicity outside Desmond's media empire. C5 then get more viewers, Ron gets a few sovs. Everyone 's happy.

yes there is always that side to it. .the do anything for a story 'news'papers..

 

dunno who BFR is.. you know me and clues are not best friends from your crossword threads

BFR = Big Fat Ron

 

Sizeist surely

Big Fat Ron! That's how he was known in (size-ist) football circles, back in the day.

That's how he is referred to sometimes:

http://www.gmkonline.com/?page...&thread_id=34367

Deary me, the irony.